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12-17-2013, 08:38 AM
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How British are you?
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12-17-2013, 08:48 AM
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I recently heard a comment that Americans have "accent envy" over various British accents. Part of the attraction is apparently the word usage in English. Rather than "sidewalk" which is a perfectly apt term, you"ll hear "pavement" in the UK. A factory janitor would be a "caretaker of an industrial estate." Classy.
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12-17-2013, 09:41 AM
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12-17-2013, 10:28 AM
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"British as a Dalek serving afternoon tea" LOL!
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12-17-2013, 01:39 PM
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You got: As British as Stephen Fry walking a corgi outside Buckingham Palace
"You’re awkward. You’re easily embarrassed. You’re sickeningly polite. You’re as British as they come!" God Save the Queen! Maybe that explains why I think British food is just fine and don't mind my beer warm?
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12-17-2013, 02:23 PM
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12-17-2013, 02:41 PM
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I wonder if 'Probably American' is as bad as they get.... they are Brits after all...
Got 'PA' on the first attempt. British as Stephen Fry with the Corgi on the second deliberately going for what I thought were the British answers. Third try I went full bore American, and couldn't get anything worse than 'probably'....
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12-17-2013, 02:43 PM
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Being English I refuse to take the test
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12-17-2013, 02:56 PM
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One of the weird phrases is "give it here." I first heard it on Harry Potter. We've been watching a lot of Dr. Who lately and I've started using it on the boy. I have no idea how it makes sense but it's fun to say.
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12-17-2013, 03:16 PM
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Not sure what's strange about "give it here" unless you're trying to say "tell me".
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12-17-2013, 03:17 PM
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el u wot m8 ill smak u in tha gabber.
swor on my mum.
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